By Caroline O'Doherty THE button-eyed bear was as wide as the coffin was long and twice as high.

THE white coffin was so tiny it sat snugly in the arms of one police officer who carried it easily from hearse to graveside.

Four young children who made the horrific discovery of the body of a new-born baby girl wrapped in a plastic bag, said personal farewells at her funeral today.

A HEARTRENDING artist's impression of a newborn baby found dead in a lane five months ago was issued by police in the North yesterday as they stepped up efforts to identify her mother.

A heartrending artist’s impression of a new born baby found dead in a Northern Ireland laneway five months ago was issued by police today as they stepped up efforts to identify her mother.